Host for my forum (YaBB)

[lpok]

Since mycgiserver.com no longer supports perl, I am in need of a new host for my forums. I use YaBB (http://www.yabb.org) and I need a host that supports perl and .htaccess files. I need a fast webhost with at least 5MB. Any suggestions? Ads are OK (pefer banners, not pop-ups).

[Chicken]

I know this isn't much of a suggestion, but if you can't find a decent free cgi enabled host, would you consider a php board (and host that supports php)?

[lpok]

I don't know of any good free php boards out there, but if there is one, that would be great. I checked out the vbulletin board(link on bottom of page), but they cost money. They do have a free version, but it says it does not have all the features of the full one. Does anyone know what features are in the free one?

[Coolin]

Originally posted by lpok
I don't know of any good free php boards out there, but if there is one, that would be great. I checked out the vbulletin board(link on bottom of page), but they cost money. They do have a free version, but it says it does not have all the features of the full one. Does anyone know what features are in the free one?
not much...

[Mrh0ax]

twu.net if you dont use alot of bandwit

[Chicken]

Well, I've been looking closely at:
http://www.phpbb.com
http://www.thewebmasterforums.com

I think technics posted another one that I wanted to check out, but phpbb looks pretty decent (though probably not as bug-free as vBulletin).

[top]

Just to let you know look at this thread:
http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=516&pagenumber=1

It's about bb's generally...and also the bb that Technics proposed (was it tForum?)

To your original quostion: try Netfirms (no ssi yet) or Hypermart. Both of them seem to be fast. Also both with standard banner at the top of your every page.

[Omari]

http://www.ikonboard.com is a free perl board and it might end up being better than ubb and vbulliten.

so go to http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up with them, then download ikonboard from http://www.ikonboard.com

there is a nice community of people at their support forums that will help you with add-ons, hacks, customization, installation, and more.

[Pamster]

Just to add something-a group of us web masters from 50megs just made a killer http://cultforums.netfirms.com ikonboard (the cult is what we decided to call outselves since there already wasa 50megs guild-we had a awesome group of folks in teh tech forum so you know how that goes... :) ) and host it at netfirms whose speed is pretty decent. I have ezboard.com for my site's message board and have had to for a year, but I do like the features of the Ikonboard environment. :)

[lpok]

Originally posted by Omari
http://www.ikonboard.com is a free perl board and it might end up being better than ubb and vbulliten.

so go to http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up with them, then download ikonboard from http://www.ikonboard.com

there is a nice community of people at their support forums that will help you with add-ons, hacks, customization, installation, and more.


Ikonboard is ok, but it lacks one very important feature, Guest Posting. I like to use guest posting to "jump start" the boards, so people will start posting. They are easier to install (hey, I got it working :) ) though.

I've looked at http://www.portland.co.uk , but they only allow 100MB of transfer per month...which is not enough for my forums.

I have also tried spaceports.com, but their cgi server is slow as hell so Im still looking for a host. Any other suggestions for host?

[Edited by lpok on 11-30-2000 at 07:26 PM]

[Omari]

Originally posted by lpok

Originally posted by Omari
http://www.ikonboard.com is a free perl board and it might end up being better than ubb and vbulliten.

so go to http://www.portland.co.uk and sign up with them, then download ikonboard from http://www.ikonboard.com

there is a nice community of people at their support forums that will help you with add-ons, hacks, customization, installation, and more.


Ikonboard is ok, but it lacks one very important feature, Guest Posting. I like to use guest posting to "jump start" the boards, so people will start posting. They are easier to install (hey, I got it working :) ) though.


chances are that it will be added in the next version or someone will make a hack for it because plenty of people have asked for it.

[Sparky]

it is a bit annoying that theres no gues post feature but this is how i got round it
registered a user "Guest" then chmodded guest.cgi which is in the members dir to 755 so no1 can access or change the profile
it aint the best idea but better than nout